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Maintenance of male-sterile plants

US5977433A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 18, 1998
Grant dateNov 2, 1999
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Expiry dateFeb 18, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S47/01
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Transgenic plants that have, stably integrated into their nuclear genome, a maintainer gene comprising a fertility-restorer gene and a pollen-lethality gene. The plants can be used to maintain a homogenous population of male-sterile plants.

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